Notes: This
is the 22nd NCAA appearance for the Jaguars, including the ninth
straight. Steve Kittrell has taken 16 of his 20 Jaguar teams to the NCAA
Regionals. USA has had only two losing seasons under Kittrell. The Jaguars are
8-8 in postseason play at Dick Howser Stadium. USA has been hit by 76 pitches,
with Cole Craig and Tim Land getting plunked nine times each.

Notes –
Rutgers was the regular-season champ in the Big East, but lost in the tournament
finals to Notre Dame. Rutgers has made 10 NCAA appearances under Fred Hill,
including five of the past six seasons. The Scarlet Knights have six straight
30-win seasons and a winning record in 18 of the past 19 campaigns. Rutgers
started the season 2-10, but went 31-8 through the rest of the regular season.
The Scarlet Knights had almost as many triples (26) as home runs (31).

Notes –
Terry Alexander has three conference championships and six NCAA appearances in
his 13 years at Jacksonville. He will go against his alma mater in the first
round on Friday. Alexander climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in 1995 (19,565
ft.) and Mt. McKinley in Alaska in 1998 (20,320). Chad Hauseman has nearly
one-third of JU’s home runs (16 of 49). Chris Kelly’s father, Pat, is the
manager of the Richmond Braves, the AAA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.